All articles by Ben Dowell – Page 3
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NewsWill Wyatt weighs into Savile scandal
Former BBC Television managing director Will Wyatt has said that the Savile affair would not have escalated if former deputy director-general Mark Byford had been in his job and able to sort out problems earlier.
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NewsSavile saga exposes BBC factions
The failure of BBC2’s Newsnight to run its investigation into Jimmy Savile has exposed the divisions and faultlines within the programme and affected morale within BBC News, sources have alleged.
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NewsEmma Swain contacts suppliers over Savile
BBC controller of Knowledge commissioning Emma Swain has emailed the BBC’s suppliers urging them to pass any information they receive about Jimmy Savile to the BBC or the police where appropriate.
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NewsMP calls for Lord Patten and George Entwistle to resign
Conservative MP and former BBC staffer Sir Roger Gale has become the first high profile politician to suggest that the BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten and the corporation’s director-general George Entwistle may have to resign.
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NewsBBC hires human rights lawyer for harassment probe
The BBC is hiring human rights lawyer Dinah Rose QC to examine its procedures on handling sexual harassment complaints.
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NewsGeorge Entwistle points finger at Peter Rippon
BBC director general George Entwistle has told MPs that the decision not to proceed with the Newsnight investigation into Jimmy Savile was taken solely by the programme’s editor Peter Rippon, whose failure to give an accurate version of events in his blog was “a matter of regret and embarrassment”.
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NewsDoc Martin called out for ITV1
ITV1 has recomissioned the Martin Clunes drama Doc Martin for a sixth series to air next year.
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NewsTim Davie de-facto DG for Savile scandal
Tim Davie, the incoming chief executive of BBC Worldwide, is acting as a de-facto director general on the subject of Jimmy Savile and the axed Newsnight Investigation.
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NewsBBC: Rippon's Savile blog was wrong
The BBC has said that a blog post by Newsnight editor Peter Rippon was inaccurate in three key respects, and wrongly claimed that the programme had no new information that would have helped police.
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NewsSavile scandal scuppers New Tricks
The BBC has revealed the latest casualty from the Jimmy Savile scandal now engulfing the Corporation – tonight’s controversial episode of its hit drama New Tricks has been pulled.
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NewsCentury doc to launch global Why Poverty? event for BBC
A 60-minute BBC1 film from Brian Hill’s Century Films will launch a major international broadcasting event about global poverty, with a further seven films to be broadcast on BBC4.
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NewsPaul Abbott eyes US remake of Clocking Off
Paul Abbott is in talks to adapt his hit BBC1 blue-collar drama Clocking Off for premium US cable TV service Showtime.
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FeaturesBreaking down the success of Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston on what makes the cult show tick
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NewsMcGuinness Xmas special recommissioned
ITV1 has commissioned Twofour and Group M Entertainment to make celebrity quiz Paddy’s Show and Telly, hosted by Paddy McGuinness as part of its Christmas line-up.
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NewsDiscovery embarks on underwater adventure
Discovery Western Europe has commissioned an adventure and natural history series with wildlife expert Steve Backshall in which he confronts some of the most dangerous animals on Earth.
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NewsSky1 secures Last Resort
Sky1 has acquired the exclusive rights to Sony Pictures Television action drama Last Resort, which follows the captain and crew of a nuclear submarine marooned on a South Pacific island.
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NewsFresh One to go own way with Rosencrantz
Fresh One is aiming to become a “different kind of company” and one that is “not just reliant on commissions and formats”, the company’s managing director, Roy Ackerman, said in the wake of its appointment of former Virgin and ITV executive Claudia Rosencrantz as director of programmes.
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NewsWomen claim sexist culture was “endemic”
Women in TV describe sexist climate as BBC comes under fire over Jimmy Savile allegations
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NewsRantzen: Savile proves need for whistle-blowing system
Esther Rantzen, the TV presenter and founder of Childline, has called on the TV industry to establish a workable framework to allow whistle-blowers to complain about bullying and harassment in the wake of the Jimmy Savile revelations.
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NewsAtlantic Productions hires digital head
Atlantic Productions has recruited Ross Burridge from digital publishing consultancy Boto Media as its head of new media.